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COMPUTER ADDRESS
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
Synonyms:
address; computer address; reference
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("computer address" is a kind of...):
code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer address"):
argument; parameter ((computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program)
uniform resource locator; universal resource locator; URL (the address of a web page on the world wide web)
